Oct 11, 2017
92 min
Full-HD

Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold (2017)

Literary icon Joan Didion reflects on her remarkable career and personal struggles in this intimate documentary directed by her nephew, Griffin Dunne.

Category

Documentary

Country

United States of America

Companies

Didion Doc

Joan Didion

Self

Griffin Dunne

Self

Hilton Als

Self

David Hare

Self

Phyllis Rifield

Self

Amy Robinson

Self

Shelley Wanger

Self

Harrison Ford

Self

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